Low-Resource Research Ethics

22 Apr

Research Focus Group Talk: Re-negotiating the Algorithmic Contract: The Need for a Politics of Potentiality

Jose Marichal is a professor of political science at California Lutheran University specializing in studying the role that algorithms and AI play in restructuring social and political institutions. His book entitled You Must Become an Algorithmic Problem was published in 2025 with Bristol University Press...

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21 Apr

Research Focus Group Talk: Gilgamesh and the Many Faces of Mesopotamian Heroism

Please join us on Friday, May 1 at 1:30PM PST for a virtual lecture by Eric Harvey on "Gilgamesh and the Many Faces of Mesopotamian Heroism." Harvey will introduce the Epic of Gilgamesh alongside other Mesopotamian narratives of kings, warriors, and sages, illustrating the strikingly...

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29 Aug

Low-Resource Research Ethics Research Focus Group

Low-resource research raises urgent questions about power and who has it—questions that are technical, ethical, and epistemological. Dominant research tools often fail in contexts they weren’t designed for, introducing bias and excluding marginalized knowledge systems. These gaps can lead to significant power imbalances, where the...

14:40 / Research Focus Groups